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Friday, February 19, 2010
Three Vests for the Campaign
I've been busy knitting vests for the current campaign this winter. I used Ann Budd's Handy Book of Patterns as a guide for all my vests. I love this book. It gives you basic guidelines for construction with different gauges and its up to you to make decisions on the details - cardigan, v-neck, etc. If you haven't seen it, check it out
Our 2016 campaign was completed the first week of August 2016. Our wool gifts were successfully transported and distributed by NGO Trust in Education.
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Update August 2017:
Unfortunately, we do not have plans for a new campaign at this time because of hurdles with logistics. We'll do our best to solve, but nothing promising yet. Thank you for participating while we had the opportunity!
THE BASICS
afghans for Afghans is a people-to-people project that knits and crochets wool garments as a practical gesture of friendship and respect for the people of Afghanistan. In partnership with the San Francisco office of the American Friends Service Committee, our project started in late 2001 in response to the war that unfolded after 9/11. This follows a long-time tradition of knitting for others at times of war and crisis. Afghan families still need to know that we care. Join us here for camaraderie, inspiration, and mutual support with projects.
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5 comments:
Wowsers - those are GREAT! Love the pink stripey one especially, that's a great stripe sequence. And the button neck on the bottom one is very cool.
Great job -- nice colour selections! That's one of my favourite books, too.
These are great - I love your neck designs, they will be cozy for sure.
what beautiful vests! and great coverage for the kids, love the various neck treatments.
I love the buttoned neckline.
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